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Virgilio Hernández Ruiz, MD, PhD
Geriatrician
To advance brain health, we need transversal strategies that successfully incorporate and link the real needs of individuals with decision-makers.
Current Work
Virgilio is a clinical and epidemiological researcher and attending physician in Geriatrics at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. His main focus is on the determinants of healthy aging and aging with HIV.
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Vision
To advance brain health and reduce the scale and impact of dementia, we need transversal strategies that successfully incorporate and link the real needs of individuals with decision-makers.
Strategy
Virgilio currently cares for and evaluate older persons or people aging with HIV who have cognitive problems so that he can directly articulate their needs to research, thereby promoting better aging trajectories.
Impact
As an Atlantic Fellow, Virgilio hopes to acquire the skills to successfully communicate and articulate research to decision-makers in his country, so that the needs of vulnerable populations can be taken into account and addressed in public policy.
Motivation
Latin America is one of the regions where the incidence of dementia is expected to grow considerably in the coming years. Similarly, this region is experiencing an epidemiological transition for people who have aged with HIV.
Education & Experience
Virgilio earned his medical degree from Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, Mexico. He specialized in Geriatrics Medicine at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, also in Mexico City. He completed a PhD in Public Health, with a focus on Epidemiology, at the University of Bordeaux in France. Currently, Virgilio serves as an attending physician and researcher in geriatrics at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán in Mexico City.
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